Grinding EXP From Fireball Skill

Chapter 343: Sleeping Beauty

"The Lord City Lord’s situation is not looking good."

Evelyn’s heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

She quickly pressed, "What happened to the Lord City Lord? What’s wrong?"

Kristiman quickly replied, "Don’t worry. I’ll tell you about the Lord City Lord’s current situation in a moment. We’re on our way back now. You’ll understand when you see her."

Hearing this, Evelyn forced herself to calm down.

She nodded. "Okay, I understand."

Her own condition wasn’t great right now. ’How am I supposed to help Alice?’

Evelyn seized the opportunity to recuperate and restore her strength.

Li Wei listened to their conversation, lost in thought.

’Judging by the fact that Alice can still write and send letters to me, she probably isn’t in any mortal danger.’

’So what exactly happened?’

’Something that even Kristiman and Bella can’t solve?’

’And their strength is nothing to scoff at.’

Led by Kristiman, the group arrived at a quiet, secluded valley.

A few simple wooden houses were built inside the valley.

Kristiman explained, "This is where we live. It’s a bit crude and the conditions are harsh, so please bear with us."

Evelyn paid no mind to this and quickly asked, "Where is the City Lord?"

Bella led the group toward the house in the middle.

"Alice City Lord is in here," Bella said as they walked. "It’s been several months since she last woke up, and we don’t know when she’ll awaken next."

She walked to the door and pushed it open.

Evelyn rushed inside impatiently.

She saw Alice lying on a bamboo bed, sleeping peacefully.

She asked urgently, "What exactly is wrong with Alice City Lord?"

Li Wei followed them into the house.

He saw Sleeping Beauty, Alice.

Just by lying there, she had become the focus of everyone’s attention.

When awake, Alice must be a breathtakingly beautiful young woman.

At least in Li Wei’s eyes, Alice still looked very young, as delicate as an eighteen-year-old girl.

He wasn’t surprised by this, though.

Having seen many Extraordinary Professionals, Li Wei knew that high-level ones typically possessed astonishingly long lifespans.

Some extraordinary methods could even help people maintain their beauty until death.

Bella looked at the sleeping Alice and explained, "Do you remember that group who attacked the City Lord outside Flying Flower City?"

Evelyn asked in surprise, "What? Was there something wrong with that group?"

"We were all sent away on various pretexts back then, so we never saw the people who attacked her."

"Didn’t the City Lord say they were all killed?"

Bella said, "The group that attacked the City Lord back then did indeed die, but there was someone behind them."

"Wasn’t the mastermind Kira?" Evelyn asked.

Bella shook her head. "Kira was likely the mastermind, but he wasn’t the only one.

The person responsible for the City Lord’s current state is very likely connected to Kira. I suspect Kira has ties to the Black Cultists!

After the City Lord disappeared, I was constantly investigating her whereabouts and stumbled upon the mastermind’s trail.

I discovered that the group who attacked the City Lord were all under the control of the Black Cultists.

Following the clues I found, I eventually tracked down the City Lord’s location.

Using a hidden Teleportation Array she left behind, I came to this Peach Blossom Spring Realm and found the Lord City Lord.

At that time, the City Lord could still remain conscious for periods of time.

I also learned from her that after she returned to Flying Flower City, she was attacked by the mastermind.

She was afflicted with a Nightmare Curse and plagued by nightmares. Unable to break free, she was in constant danger of becoming lost in the Dream World.

That’s why the City Lord chose to teleport away from Flying Flower City back then, to find a safe place to remove the Nightmare Curse.

But unexpectedly, the Nightmare Curse was too powerful. For years, the City Lord couldn’t find a way to remove it. Instead, the curse eroded her further, causing her periods of wakefulness to grow shorter and her periods of slumber to grow longer.

The Teleportation Array the City Lord left behind was one-way; it could only teleport people into the Peach Blossom Spring Realm, not out.

Without the Teleportation Array, our only way out of the Peach Blossom Spring Realm is through the third level of the Poison Dragon Cave.

The third level of the Poison Dragon Cave is too dangerous. Since the City Lord could fall unconscious at any moment and lose her ability to move, she could easily run into danger.

That’s why we’ve never had a chance to leave the Peach Blossom Spring Realm."

Through Bella’s account, the group gradually came to understand what had happened in the past and the details of Alice’s current predicament.

Li Wei found this a bit strange and asked, "If you can’t leave the Peach Blossom Spring Realm, how did you send the letter and the Crystal Flower to Maple City?"

Bella looked at Kristiman and said, "While we can’t leave here with the City Lord, Kristiman can contact the outside world using his ’Windflower’ ability."

Kristiman said, "I’ve been using ’Windflower’ to gather information from the outside world and happened to discover a novel that was circulating in Poison Dragon City.

I thought the City Lord must be bored after being trapped here for so long, so I found a way to get some copies of the novel into the Peach Blossom Spring Realm for her to pass the time.

After seeing that the novel was from Maple City, the City Lord had me take a letter she’d written herself and send it to Maple City.

She said there was an expert there who could help her remove the Nightmare Curse."

Li Wei was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

A million thoughts raced through his mind.

’Who could remove a Nightmare Curse?’

’It has to be related to a Sleepwalker, right?’

’Who is this expert Alice mentioned?’

Li Wei subconsciously thought of Dream Weavers and Dream Stealers.

’Not even a Sleepwalker could necessarily remove a Nightmare Curse. The expert Alice spoke of must be a veteran explorer of the Dream World.’

’That could only mean a Dream Weaver or a Dream Stealer.’

’But where in Maple City could you find such a person?’

He had never met or seen anyone like that.

Logically, he had traveled back and forth through Maple City’s Dream World so many times.

He should have at least witnessed some trace left behind by a Dream Weaver.

Suddenly, he abruptly recalled something.

He had, in fact, seen the traces left by a Dream Weaver.

Back when the Maple City Mage Tower was attacked by Black Cultists, all the Mages were dragged into the Dream World.

The nightmares mutated, on the verge of corrupting the minds of all the Mages.

Just when even Li Wei was unable to deal with the mutated nightmares, a Dream Weaver took action.

He effortlessly swept away all the corrupted dreams.

Li Wei was slow to realize.

Only now did he understand that there really was an incredibly powerful Dream Weaver in Maple City.

’But who is that person?’

Li Wei looked at Kristiman and asked, "Did Alice City Lord ever say who that expert was?"

Kristiman shook his head. "No."

Bella explained, "Alice City Lord only knows that the expert is in Maple City; she doesn’t know his true identity.

Sending the Crystal Flower to Maple City was just a shot in the dark, a search for a sliver of hope."